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When at Barcamp, I had good and bad reviews about my presentation. One of them touched me in a particular way:
<blockquote>I found the fact that you're particularly young pretty unusual for someone to share your thoughts, experience and expertise. It just confused me.</blockquote>
My apologies to the kind and sensible person that said this to me if this is wrong. He mentioned prejudice along the comment and sought to put it apart while I was speaking. I understood and accepted what he meant. You don't face a young rebel like me who happens to feel his life intensely that often.

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I am 23 years old. I experience as much as you (I guess): mad boss, bad salary, trouble every now and then, I get sick, scared, happy, angry, sad; just like you. I want to move in together and get married; like you might dream or already accomplished. <strong>The difference between me and most people is that they don't care</strong>. If you do care, then you are a friend.
<h3>It's a matter of energy and emotion.</h3>
I went to see a wedding a time ago. It was supposed to be the happiest moment of the couple's lives. Except it wasn't. The beautiful couple wasn't connected. There was no magic in their eyes when they looked at each other, that sparkling glow.

What does this have to do with anything? Well, they didn't care about their marriage, why should they care about the rest of their lives?

You don't need to be 30 or 40 to start caring. Start caring right now. Start feeling. Write about it. A couple of months after you start writing, you'll notice how much you've learned. I know I did. <a href="http://www.oportoemconversa.com/2010/06/23/barcamp-jose-mota-paixao-psicologia-e-rails/">My Barcamp presentation</a> is the result of 2 months of writing and caring about my growth and my happiness.

Age is not a prejudice anymore. Information is spreading fast and people's awareness and conscience levels are rising. It's a biological process.

<a href="http://dmitrizone.com/">Dmitri Gaskin</a> started caring at the age of 11. He is one that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mwKq7_JlS8">taught me jQuery</a> and he was only 12 back then. I can't find a better example.